paywalls

Afternoon Tea Reading: National Newspapers Members Public

Some links about our friends in the nationals that have been hanging around in my Chrome tabs for too long now: * The Independent has switched its blogs from Livejournal to WordPress [http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2010/06/08/the-independent-switches-to-wordpress/] . Makes sense. LJ always seemed like an odd fit. * The Guardian

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Blogs

Complexity is the New Reality Members Public

A rather excellent rant from Mr Paul Bradshaw on theCuration is King cliché [http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/06/17/lets-stop-this-curation-is-king-crap-right-now/] that’s doing the rounds right now. Go and read it, and then join me back here… Did you enjoy it? I think there’s an important point underlying all

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aggregation

End of an Era Members Public

The grand experiment is about to begin: [![](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/06/1C32A675-5FEA-428C-9C08-A224A5136E7Eiphone_photo.jpg?resize=370%2C493)](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/06/1C32A675-5FEA-428C-9C08-A224A5136E7Eiphone_photo.jpg) Now we find out if pay walls can work…Location:[The Quadrant,

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monetisation

Things I Failed To Blog About Members Public

Just clearing down some tabs that I meant to blog about – but never got around to. They’re worth a look, though. 1. [Some really interesting stuff about journalists as programmers](http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/05/the-programmer-majored-in-english-a-fascinating-study-of-the-nyts-interactive-news-unit/). Bet nobody clicks that link on a sunny Friday afternoon with the

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commenters

The Paywalled Times: An Online Private Members' Club? Members Public

And so it begins. After a launch event last night (which was invited to but was unable to attend, alas), *[The Times](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/)* and *[The Sunday Times](http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/)* have begun the four week transition to their new online model.

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community

Paywalls, Apps and the Frontline Club Members Public

Last night I took myself off to the Frontline Club, for a discussion on digital media, mobiles and paywalls [http://frontlineclub.com/events/2010/05/will-apple-save-the-news-business-apps-ipads-paywalls-and-the-mobile-hope-for-publishers.html] – based on the question “Will Apple save media?”. All relevant, cool and topical stuff. However, I should have known that the presence of

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events

Our Turbulent National Press Members Public

We’ve had the digital exodus from The Guardian. We’ve had the dethroning of [Will Lewis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_%28journalist%29 "William Lewis (journalist)") at *The Telegraph*.And now, [The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2010/may/13/times-paywall-job-cuts) and

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national newspapers

Noted In Passing Members Public

* Kevin Anderson writes about the wikification of news [http://charman-anderson.com/2010/05/13/the-wiki-fication-of-news-topic-pages-and-collaboration/] – its move towards more collaborative models online * Dave Lee notes that recent moves by The Guardian look suspiciously like creating a network of niche B2B sites – and asks if that paves the way for some

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B2B